Bitcoin on Wednesday, Dec 30, hit a record $28,599.99, taking gains this year past 295 per cent amid heightened interest from bigger investors. The world’s most popular cryptocurrency was last up 3.7 per cent at $28,375. Since breaking $20,000 for the first time on December 16, it has surged by nearly half. Bitcoin has increasingly seen demand from larger US investors, in particular, attracted by its perceived inflation-hedging qualities and the potential for quick gains, as well as expectations it would become a mainstream payments method.
Coronavirus
Global Covid-19 caseload tops 115.5 mn
Washington (TIP): In its latest update on Friday, March 5 morning, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and death toll stood at 115,584,230 and 2,568,083, respectively. […]
Europe
Chinese social media compare bus assault on Henan woman with Nirbhaya case
BEIJING (TIP): Chinese social media users have pulled out details of the December 2012 Nirbhaya case in New Delhi to draw comparisons with assault and molestation of a woman in Henan province in central China. […]
Opinions
Looking Ahead : Punjab needs a big push
Challenges, if taken seriously, are often productive as they determine the path of progress. The turn of the year is the time not only to look back but also to set new challenges and targets […]
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